{"id":9095,"date":"2019-12-12T07:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T12:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/?p=9095"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:32:02","slug":"introducing-simcenter-flotherm-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/introducing-simcenter-flotherm-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Simcenter Flotherm 2019.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> One of the best parts of my job as the Product Manager for Simcenter Flotherm is showing our users what we\u2019re working on and observing their reactions when seeing a great new feature for the first time.&nbsp; I\u2019ve had some memorable meetings in the months leading up to the 2019.2 release, with a level of enthusiasm that I\u2019ve not seen for any previous version.&nbsp; This is especially true for the plot creation acceleration feature that get plots on screen 1000s of times faster than ever before.&nbsp; Countless smiles and positive comments for that! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This Simcenter Flotherm 2019.2 release is aimed at pushing electronics cooling analysis productivity up to new levels for post-processing workflows, potentially saving 1000s of engineering hours on the most complex projects.&nbsp; Simply making the plots appear faster is an important and obvious productivity hike, but there are many other time savers as well.&nbsp; A few of my favorite enhancements: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Plot location linked to objects<\/strong>.&nbsp; If the object moves in a future model variant, the plot follows along.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Plot location linked to maximum temperature<\/strong>.&nbsp; If the maximum temperature location changes in a model variant (say after the power distribution is updated), the plot automatically moves to find it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>On Demand Tabular Data<\/strong>.&nbsp; Need the operating point of a fan? Just select the fan and the data appears instantly.&nbsp; Need the flow rate through a vent? Works the same way.&nbsp; In fact, all Flotherm objects now work in this way, making results interrogation a point and click process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find Tool for Results<\/strong>.&nbsp; Search for any kind of numerical result, and Simcenter Flotherm will select the objects that meet your criteria.&nbsp; E.g., find and select all Flotherm objects in a model that have surface temperatures greater than 40 degC, or find and select the component on a PCB that has the maximum junction temperature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Post Processing Automation.<\/strong> In terms of saving engineering time, the best new feature of all is <strong>full scripting support for all post-processing features<\/strong>.&nbsp; This makes any post-processing workflow fully automated and fully customizable. For those users that really push Flotherm in terms of model complexity, results analysis has transformed from a lengthy manual process into a single click operation to run a script that is done in a few seconds.&nbsp; You can literally save hours of engineering time per model with this capability.&nbsp; For large thermal engineering groups that create 100s of Simcenter Flotherm models per project, this time saving multiplies quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/Blog-Image-1024x807.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/Blog-Image-1024x807.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/Blog-Image-600x473.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/Blog-Image-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/Blog-Image-1536x1210.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/Blog-Image-1110x875.png 1110w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/Blog-Image.png 1570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> This Simcenter Flotherm 2019.2 release also improves the thermal digital twin support for modeling semiconductor package and mobile device applications in two ways: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support for multiple temperature sensors in the Power Controller Smartpart <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curve based definitions of thermal conductivity vs temperature for semiconductor materials.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>These extensions build on the Boundary Condition Independent Reduced Order Modeling (BCI-ROM) and Thermal Netlist extraction features released mid-2019 to create a flexible, fast, and accurate set of tools for the thermal design of semiconductor packages and thermal model supply chain support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simcenter Flotherm 2019.2 is available for customer download now from Support Center.&nbsp; 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